So High School!

Chapter Eight

Aarushi

"Good morning Aarushi!" Avinash greeted me with a smile as I entered school.

"Good morning."

"By the way, we have a lot of work today."

"Again? Whyyy?" I groan.

"Well, there is a cricket match today. And it's with our school rivals, I suppose." He says as we walk to the school ground.

"Interesting."

"I have a great idea." Avinash exclaimes. "We could take the rival team on the ground and welcome them." I glare at him.

"Who in the right mind would so warmly greet their rival?" I question.

"Look, we can sneakily hear their strategy and you know that would benefit us so much." He says and I laugh.

"Worth a shot."

"Aarushiiiii." Aditi and Purvi excitedly approach me.

"Aww, my girlfriends." I dramatically exclaim and hug them. Avinash just awkwardly stares at us.

"I think I should leave." He says and leaves us maniacs alone.

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"Can you hear something?" Avinash asked me as he was leaning on the door trying to hear what is going on inside. I couldn't control myself from laughing.

"What the hell are you doing?" I ask laughing. "India would have won the odi World Cup only if_"

Suddenly someone opened the door and it was Aadi with clueless look on his face. I burst out laughing.

"What's wrong?" Aadi asks and I laugh louder.

"Oh nothing, Coach sir is looking for you." Avinash says embarrassed.

"Tell him I'll be there." He says and looks at me weirdly. I just couldn't stop laughing and Avinash just left.

"I think I should leave too." I say between laughs. "Best of luck."

"Thanks." He smiles.

Aadi's Pov

"Thanks." I say and she smiles.

She is such a cutie. The way she laughs and the way she talks, the way she smiles. Damn, everything about her is so perfect.

What am I even thinking? I need to focus on my game.

I go inside the room where my team was, and everyone is staring at me.

"What?" I ask.

"Why are you blushing?" Karan asks.

"Me? That's impossible."

"Look in the mirror."

"Whatever." I say and leave. I mean was I really blushing? Nah. I could never.

I mean why would I even blush? She just smiled. Yeah. And that damn smile is not leaving my head. "Ouch." Someone says. Wait I know this voice. I look up to find Aarushi holding her head and whinning in pain.

"Cutie." I accidentally say out loud.

"What?" She stared at me. Really such a cutie.

"I mean kyu uthi?" I blabber and then question myself? What did I even say?

"Kya? Matlab kuch bhi? Ek toh dekh ke chalne aata nhi." She screams. I don't why but I just laughed at her antics.

"So cutie_ um I mean shortie, should I choose head or tails." I ask to change the topic but again mess up.

"STOP calling me wierd names and I suggest you choose heads. Cause we girls are never wrong." She says proudly.

"We'll see about that." I say and leave.

"Wait. You were supposed to say sorry." She screams angrily and I just keep walking.

I stand on the school ground with my team. Aarushi and Avinash also join us with school flag. That guy always sticks to her. Why do I even care?

"Listen." Aarushi whispers in my ears.

"What?"

"Their batting line up is very strong and their two main bowlers are not here. If they win the toss, they are probably going to chose balling. Also you are their MAIN target." She whispers and damn I am shocked.

"How did you know?" I ask suspiciously. To which she winks at me. Hayee, cutie. "You know cheating is wrong?" I intentionally say.

"Says you?" She smirks.

"Umm_ I

"Save it." She says. "Agar tu cheating nhi karta toh ab baccho ke sath 2 one za 2 kar rha hota."

Ouch.

"Baat toh sahi hai." I joke to which she just chuckles.

Soon she leaves the ground as the time comes for the toss.

"Aadi." Coach asks "heads or tails." I take a quick glance at her. She was talking with a teacher near the stands.

"Heads."

"There we go, coach says as the coin lands on heads." I look at her and she had that 'I told you look.'

"Balling." I say and my coach gives me the wierd look? Yeah we decided on batting but now I think we should go for balling.

The opposite captain immediately panicked. Shortie did a really good job. That's what I needed, them nervous.

We go back to prepare ourselves and everyone gives me the look. "Why did you do that?" Karan asks.

"Guys, trust me. Their two main bowlers are not here. We can easily chase the score."

"How do you know?" My teammate asks.

"I just know." I internally smile. "Let's do it then "

Author's note - This is it for today! 💕 Let me know your views and don't forget to vote!! Until next time, byeee